Printmaking

The various processes of printmaking provides the oportunity to present images with a completely different aesthetic. Digital imagery takes on a whole new quality when produced through the hand-printing process. It's the perfect combination of new technology and traditional skills. I enjoy the challenge of pushing the boundaries and combining processes.

Duck Lake Appropriation

Lino Block and Letterpress (Relief printing)

During the New Territories project, I met artists Brenda Malkinson, Sydney Lancaster and Dawn Woolsey, from SNAP print studio in Edmonton, Alberta. I was invited to work in the studio and experiment with the letterpress type-set printing press that they have there. Instead of a test print, we ended up making an edition! A wonderful experience and hopefully an on going project with amazing artists in the centre of Canada.

Restricted

Photopolymer gravure (Intaglio printing)

Made in collaboration with the artist Ian Stephen; Restricted is a four page concertina 'chapter' in Voyage Boxed, a multiple edition in a format of just 14.8x 14.8cm. The box includes a collection of artworks by eighteen artists. Voyage Boxed has been produced as a limited edition of fifty, some of which are now held in private collections.

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Character of Water

Photopolymer gravure (Intaglio and screen printing)

Made in collaboration with the artist Ian Stephen and with the support of CNES and Cape Farewell. A body of work exploring the idea of travelling through stories. A series of four photo-gravure etched plates with screen printed texts recreate a maritime route from St Kilda to Fair Isle. Using digital images of off-lying islands and traditional stories located to that specific place. The colour of the screen printed texts is sampled from the original digital image. These works combine both contemporary and traditional printmaking techniques.

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Acts of Trust

Photopolymer gravure (Intaglio and relief printing)

An Artists' book that combines intaglio printing and relief printing of photo-polymer plates. Digital images of drawings from workshops in schools were the source material.

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